75-year-old man shot dead at home in Meerut

A 75-year-old man was shot dead at his home here on Saturday by an unidentified person, police said.

Brahm Singh used to lived with his daughter in the Kankarkhera police station area of the district but was alone at the time of the incident, Station House Officer (SHO) Uttam Singh Rathore said.

He said the body was found lying on a cot with a gunshot wound to the temple.

''The daughter had gone to fetch milk from a nearby dairy in the morning. When she returned, she found her father dead,'' said the SHO.

An FIR of murder was lodged against an unknown person, and the body was sent for post-mortem examination, he added.